Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer and death from cancer among women in the
developed and developing world. Detecting and treating breast cancer earlier in its natural …

THERE IS CONSIDERABLE INCONSISTENCY AND CONTRO-versy in today's guidelines
regarding breast cancer screening. Although the presence of a wide range of professionally …

Evidence on the efficacy of breast screening from randomized controlled trials conducted in
the last decades of the 1900s is reviewed. For decades, controversy about their results has …

A panel discussion on controversies in breast cancer screening held recently at the NCCN
21st Annual Conference included only a few controversies. Representatives of the US …

1. Breast self-examination should be performed monthly beginning at the age of 20 years; 2.
Physical examination of the breasts should be performed every 3 years on women aged 20 …

Background In 2009, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended
biennial screening mammography for women age 50 to 74 years, and based decisions for …

(USPSTF) recommendations on breast cancer screening. 1 Members of the advocacy
community have spent countless hours to raise awareness about breast cancer and to help …

Complaints about the partisan and poor information about mammographic screening go
back as far as the introduction of the national screening programme. Research has shown …

The USPSTF concluded maximal benefit in breast cancer mortality with least harms can be
achieved with biennial mammography screening commenced at age 50 and continuing until …

In 2009, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its mammography
screening guidelines to recommend screening every two years among women aged 50–74 …